Maryland Live's Table Games Are Open & Many Are Trying Their Luck

Maryland Live's Table Games Are Open & Many Are Trying Their Luck

Owned by PPE Casino Resorts, Maryland Live is the second casino to get table games. (WBAL's Jennifer Franciott)

They are finally here.

At 12:01 a.m. Thursday, more than 100 table games officially began
operating at Hanover's Maryland Live Casino.

And when the state's largest operating casino opened, Marylanders from all across the state were there to join in on the fun.

All morning, gamblers tried their luck at the casino's 122
table games, which include blackjack, craps, roulette, mini-baccarat and
others.

In addition to these table games, officials say nearly 50 traditional poker
tables will be been added to the casino this summer after construction of a two-level
poker room is completed.

On Wednesday, Maryland Lottery and Gaming
Control Agency Director Stephen Martino signed the operations license that
allowed Maryland Live Casino to open the table games to the public.

Owned by PPE Casino Resorts, Maryland Live is the
second casino to get table games. It has more than 4,330 slot machines, and it
employs 2,400 staff members with 300 additional employees expected when the
poker room opens this summer, according to the casino's officials.

Last month, Hollywood Casino in Perryville was
the first to receive them.

The table games were placed in the casinos
after Marylanders voted to expand gambling in a referendum vote last fall.